Michael Rabin : America's virtuoso violinist / by Anthony Feinstein.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Feinstein, A. (Anthony), 1956-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Rabin, Michael, 1936-1972.

Rabin, Michael.

Violinists--United States--Biography.

Violinists.

United States.

Genre:

Biographies.

Physical Description:

248 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Pompton Plains, N.J. : Amadeus Press, 2005.

Summary:

This first, authorized biography of one of the 20th century's greatest violinists chronicles the life of Michael Rabin from his young boyhood to his premature death at the age of 35. By his teen years in the 1950s, he had already joined the ranks of violin greats and he was being compared to Heifetz, Milstein, Stern, and Francescatti. Lovingly detailed, rich in music history and drama, this biography documents the many forces that shaped Rabin's extraordinary life and career, from his meteoric rise to his surprising decline. Feinstein charts Rabin's many artistic successes, as well as his struggles to make the transition from wunderkind to adult virtuoso, and sheds light on the true reasons for his fall from grace, debunking the many rumors that surrounded him during that time. Feinstein also clarifies the facts relating to Rabin's sudden death. What emerges is a unique profile of a prodiginous talent and a tragic life. HARDCOVER.

Contents:

Nature and nurture

Willie Spielberg's little half-size violin

Wunderkinder never cease

Carnegie Hall

In pursuit of perfection

Australia : triumph and trouble

Hollywood

The grand tour

First love, rebellion

Friendship, love lost

The heights of success

Calamity

A career resurrected

The Rabin sound falls silent

Epilogue : with times comes clarity.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [227]-240) and index.

ISBN:

157467109X

OCLC:

58546363